Monday, November 14, 2016

Report shows Monsanto has too much power, influence

The Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) is a group of researchers and
policy observers in the EU who work to hold corporations accountable and
shed light on the global power structure. CEO engages in lobbying to
mitigate the poverty and social injustice caused by
finance, international trade, the environment and food and agriculture
practices. Their work, according to
Tele Sur
TV
, included the preparation of a detailed report about
Monsanto’s nefarious activities, which was used as a guide at the
International
Monsanto
Tribunal, held Oct. 14–16 in the Hague.
In the report, which is titled
Monsanto Lobbying: An Attack on Us, Our Planet and Democracy, CEO adds another layer to the existing evidence about
Monsanto’s undeniable lobbying power, monetary influence, lies,
subterfuge, strong arm tactics and the aggressive measures they take
to influence governments, universities, farmers and the general public.

The Organic Consumers Association says that the
only
reason Monsanto’s GMO seeds even got into the marketplace is because serious warnings issued by
FDA
scientists were covered up. Monsanto also “misrepresented the facts,”
and the government actions taken when GMOs were approved “violated
explicit mandates of U.S. law.”
Back in 1992, a compromised FDA said that GMOs were “substantially
equivalent” to any other food, so there wouldn’t need to be any testing.
And for a quarter of a century, Monsanto and the FDA have continued to
perpetuate that lie. Monsanto’s sophisticated public relations and
marketing firms continue to spread myths about the safety of their
products. They also claim that a farmer’s yield will increase, he’ll
use fewer chemicals, and that GMOs are the only way to feed the world.
As documented by
the organization Earth Open Source
, all these claims are lies.The CEO report describes the relationship between Monsanto
and government regulatory agencies as a “perverse symbiosis.” Monsanto
controls governments by hiring individuals that work for the government.
People that work for Monsanto will also quit to take a government job
to ensure Monsanto’s wishes are adhered to. It’s a “revolving door”
strategy.
The International Life Sciences Institute (
ILSI
), which sounds respectable, is used as a cover to “promote co-called
‘science’ into food and health policy.” Monsanto, Coca-Cola and
McDonald’s use this organization to assure the folks eating and drinking
poison that it is perfectly safe to do so.Monsanto represents everything that could be wrong with a company or
product. But that didn’t stop Bayer from making a $66 billion dollar bid
for the company. Revolving door or not, it’s time to buy your own seeds
and
grow your own food
.
Sources:
CorporateEurope.org
TelesurTv.net
Monsanto-Tribunal.org
OrganicConsumers.org
EarthOpenSource.org
TheAtlantic.com